CVE-2009-0518
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
VI Client in VMware VirtualCenter before 2.5 Update 4, VMware ESXi 3.5 before Update 4, and VMware ESX 3.5 before Update 4 retains the VirtualCenter Server password in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain this password.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0522)
- Published
- April 6, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0522 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / vmware esx
- vmware / vmware esxi
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
- vmware / vmware virtualcenter
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6376
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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